CVE-2015-5874

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

CoreText in Apple iOS before 9 and iTunes before 12.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font file.

Affected products

Apple Iphone Os: through 8.4.1
Apple iTunes for Windows: through 12.2
macOS: through 10.10.5
Apple watchOS: 1.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76763
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033609
https://support.apple.com/HT205212
https://support.apple.com/HT205213
https://support.apple.com/HT205221
https://support.apple.com/HT205267
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html

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